The Treatment

<p><strong>Laurence Fishburne</strong> has won an Emmy, Tony and been nominated for an Oscar. He moves from film to TV to the stage for these. He talks of transitions and playing Thurgood Marshall, both on stage and in the HBO filmed version.</p>

<p><strong>WEB EXCLUSIVE: </strong>An editor is as important a component of a movie as the director. They often serve the function of sounding board and collaborator. <strong>Sally Menke </strong>was just that person... </p>

<p><strong>WEB EXCLUSIVE: Joel McHale</strong>, star of <em>Community</em> and host of <em>The Soup</em>, talks to Elvis Mitchell about being host of this year's Spirit Awards...</p>

<p>Despite the wide expanse of his films, from drama to goofball comedy, writer-director <strong>Gregg Araki </strong>(<em>Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation, Smiley Face, Nowhere, The Living End</em>) set out to do something different with his newest, <em>Kaboom</em>. He discusses breaking with his tradition.</p>

<p>As part of the celebrations for Black History Month, Elvis hosts <strong>Thelma Golden</strong>, Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, to talk about the book, <em>Harlem: A Century in Images</em>, which was produced in association with the Studio Museum. Golden, who was one of the subjects interviewed on Elvis' documentary, <em>The Black List</em>, wrote the introduction to the book.<br /><br /></p>

<p>Elvis hosts director <strong>Derek Cianfrance</strong> (<em>Brother Tied, Black and White: A Portrait of Sean Combs, Run D.M.C</em> and <em>Jam Master J: The Last Interview</em>) to talk about his latest film, <em>Blue Valentine</em>, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, for which she has received an Academy Award nomination.</p>

<p>From comedy to action drama, director <strong>David O. Russell</strong> (<em>Flirting with Disaster, Spanking the Monkey</em>) finds a way to make family the center of his films. In <em>The Fighter</em> he ads boxing to the mix.</p>

<p>Director <strong>Peter Weir</strong> (<em>The Truman Show, Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dead Poets Society, Gallipoli</em>) is a reader. Many of his films come from books, such as <em>Mosquito Coast, Master and Commander</em> and his newest, <em>The Way Back</em>. But he circles before committing to the material.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Sundance Director of Programming <strong>Trevor Groth </strong>is a mainstay on the American independent film scene. With an eye outside the mainstream, he's brought his sensibility to Park City. He discusses the state of independent film with Elvis.</p>

<p>Finding the drama in real-life figures. Documentary director Alex Gibney <strong>Alex Gibney</strong> (<em>Taxi to The Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room</em>) has done that with several films, including his newest, <em>Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer</em>.</p>

<p>Actor <strong>Paul Giamatti</strong> (<em>Sideways, American Splendor</em>) has had the most varied career of any actor of his generation. Comedy to drama, Howard Stern's boss to President John Adams. He discusses that and his new film, <em>Barney's Version</em>.</p>

<p>From <em>Amores Perros</em> to his newest film, <em>Biutiful</em>, director <strong>Alejandro González Iñárritu</strong> (<em>21 Grams, Babel</em>) finds something new and fresh with each film. He tells us how.</p>

<p>What do the films <em>Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Short Bus</em> and <em>Rabbit Hole</em> all have in common? Honest comedy that heightens the drama. They also share director <strong>John Cameron Mitchell</strong>.</p>

<p>Animator and director, <strong>Bill Plympton</strong> (<em>Hair High, The Tune</em>) , has gone his own way. His absurdist work has earned him Oscar nominations (<em>The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger) </em>and such fans as Matt Groenig and Kanye West. His new feature, <em>Idiots and Angels</em>, is both spiritual and silly.</p>

<p><strong>Lee Unkrich</strong> (<em>A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo</em>) has been part of <em>Toy Story</em> from the very start. An editor of the first film, co-director on the second and director of the third, he shares what it's like to work on three classics.</p>

<p>The documentary <em>Exit through the Gift Shop</em> examines the street-art movement through one of its champions and an observer who fell in love with it. Producer <strong>Jaimie D'Cruz</strong> and editor <strong>Chris King</strong> discuss an unusual romance.</p>

<p>At a young age, writer-director-actor <strong>Lena Dunham</strong> has shown an exciting and subtle style in project after project. Her new film, <em>Tiny Furniture</em>, is the latest example. She explains her point of view.</p>

<p>Conan O’Brien or Jay Leno? New York Times television writer <strong>Bill Carter</strong> (<em>The Late Shift, Desperate Networks</em>) covers a different kind of war reporting, talk show wars. His new book, <em>The War for Late Night</em>, is news from the front.</p>

<p>The documentary <em>Marwencol</em> is about a man finding himself after a tragedy. The film was a similar journey for <strong>Jeff Malmberg</strong>.</p> <p>Elvis hosts director and editor <strong>Jeff Malmberg</strong> to talk about his award-winning documentary <em>Marwencol</em>, which tells the extraordinary story of Mark Hogencamp. Having survived a horrific beating by five men near his hometown of Kingston, New York in 2000, Hogencamp's long road to recuperation became focused on art, specifically building a fictional Belgian town (Marwencol) in his backyard and populating it with figures from World War II using military figures and Barbie dolls.<br /><br /></p>

<p>The Amish, blind mountain climbers, fighting for nuclear disarmament... Director <strong>Lucy Walker</strong>'s (<em>Countdown to Zero, Devil’s Playground, Blindsight</em>) new film, <em>Waste Land</em>, is about waste becoming art. It's drama and non-fiction.</p>

<p>Between them, actor <strong>Danny McBride</strong> and director <strong>Jody Hill</strong> have brought the 70's anti-hero to comedy, first with the indie film, <em>The Foot Fist Way</em>, and now, with <em>Eastbound &  Down</em> on HBO. It's awfully...funny.<br /><br /></p>

<p><em>Mad Men</em>'s creator <strong>Matthew Weiner</strong> discusses Midwestern manners, <em>Carnal Knowledge</em> and Jon Hamm.</p>

<p>With such films as <em>The Puffy Chair</em> and <em>Cyrus</em>, actress <strong>Katie Aselton</strong> has worked a lot in improvisation. With her new film, <strong>The Freebie</strong>, she also directs a film that doesn't rely a script.</p>

<p>The stark minimalism of <em>Never Let Me Go</em> might scare off most film directors. That very quality drew <strong>Mark Romanek </strong>(<em>One Hour Photo</em>; music videos, including Nine Inch Nails <em>Closer</em> & Hurt, Beck’s <em>Devil’s Haircut</em>) to the material. He talks about making loneliness visual.</p>

<p>Writer/director <strong>Sean Baker</strong> is best known for <em>Greg the Bunny</em> and <em>Warren the Ape</em> on TV. His feature film,  <em>Prince of Broadway</em>, is gritty and stark. It’s all more similar than you’d think.</p>

<p>Actor <strong>Philip Seymour Hoffman</strong> (<em>Capote, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Savages, The Talented Mr Ripley, Magnolia</em>) has worked with a dream list of directors: like Sidney Lumet, Paul Thomas Anderson, the Coen Brothers and Mike Nichols. With <em>Jack Goes Boating</em>, the Oscar-winning director becomes one. Was it a dream come true?</p>

<p>The Australian musical <em>Bran Nue Dae</em>, starring Missy Higgins, Geoffrey Rush, Rocky McKenzie and Jessica Mauboy, happens to be a comedy of aborigines. It's the <em>Mama Mia</em> of race. Director <strong>Rachel Perkins</strong> (<em>First Australians, Radiance, One Night the Moon</em>) talks about her brand new take on the subject.</p> <p>.</p>

<p>Writer-director <strong>Will Gluck</strong> likes self-aware characters. He wrote for the TV soap-satire <em>Grosse Pointe</em> and co-created the show <em>The Loop</em>. His newest film is the updated version of <em>The Scarlett Letter</em>. Does <em>Easy A</em> make the grade?</p>

<p>It makes sense that <strong>Jennifer Salt</strong> is now a screenwriter. The first act of her career was as an actress working with Robert Altman, Brian de Palma and Woody Allen. Her second act includes writing on <em>Nip/Tuck</em> and co-writing <em>Eat Pray Love</em></p>

<p>From the three <em>Austin Powers</em> movies to the two <em>Focker</em> films, <strong>Jay Roach</strong> has made some definite left turns. His newest, <em>Dinner for Schmucks</em>, is a departure that still lines up...</p>

<p>Actress <strong>Patricia Clarkson</strong> (<em>The Station Agent, Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>) moves from impulsive characters -- like her roles in <em>High Art</em> and <em>Whatever Works</em>, to thoughtful ones -- like her role in the new film <em>Cairo Time</em>. </p>

<p>Many of us think we’ve first met <strong>Steve Carell</strong> (<em>Little Miss Sunshine, The Forty Year Old Virgin</em>) when he was a correspondent on <em>The Daily Show</em>. Many of us know him from <em>The Office</em>. But he’s made a big splash in movies this last year alone with three big films, including his latest, <em>Dinner for Schmucks.</em><br /><br /></p>

<p>After <em>Shaun of the Dead</em> and <em>Hot Fuzz</em>, writer-director <strong>Edgar Wright</strong> turns to the graphic novel <em>Scott Pilgrim vs the World</em> for his first adaptation. Find out how he makes it his own.</p>

<p>Documentary filmmaker <strong>Lucy Walker</strong> (<em>Devil's Playground, Blindsight</em>)  has made films in improbable worlds: Amish teenagers, blind mountaineers, and, with <em>Countdown to Zero</em>,  the nuclear arms issue. Walker and former CIA officer <strong>Valerie Plame Wilson</strong> talk "phishing."<br /><br /></p>

<p>After a decade of making independent films with personal and political points <em>Salt </em>director <strong>Phillip Noyce</strong> (<em>Dead Calm, Patriot Games, Rabit-Proof Fence, Quiet American</em>) has returned to the big screen with a sleeper-spy action film. See if it's spiced up his career.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Christopher Nolan's made Batman, The Joker and a Scandinavian film noir his own. With Inception, he returns to his roots, bringing an original script to the big screen.</p>

<p>Elvis hosts actor <strong>John C. Reilly</strong> (<em>Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Criminal</em>) to talk about his latest feature, <em>Cyrus</em>, directed by Mark and Jay Duplass, in which he plays the lead role, along side Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei and Catherine Keener.<br /><br /></p>

<p>Director <strong>Ralph Ziman</strong>’s career has taken him from documentary (<em>Hearts and Minds) </em>to music videos (<em>Faith No More</em>) to feature film (<em>The Zookeeper</em>). His South African film noir, <em>Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema</em>, is the brave grim world his hero wants to create.</p>

<p>From indie film to Martin Scorsese, from <em>Parks & Recreation</em> on NBC to <em>Party Down</em> on Starz, <strong>Adam Scott</strong> The finale of <em>Party Down</em> is one more piece on his tray. </p>

<p>Sundance has been good for writer-director <strong>Debra Granik</strong> (<em>Down to the Bone</em>). She won all three time she competed. Her newest, <em>Winter's Bone</em>, got the Grand Jury Prize this year. It's the importance of film festivals.</p>

From the obscure to the mainstream, forgotten masters to the next wave of directors, the Los Angeles Film Festival expands its reach with new directors <strong>Rebecca Yeldham</strong> and <strong>David Ansen</strong>.

<p>As screenwriters, you know <strong>David Levien</strong> and <strong>Brian Koppelman</strong> for <em>Rounders</em> and<em> Oceans 13</em>. Their second film as directors, <em>Solitary Man</em>, is a drama about a different kind of a gamble. </p>

<p>Organizing chaos and finding surprise in an enterprise that demands consistency are contradictions that attract director <strong>Ken Loach </strong>(<em>Kes, Hidden Agenda, Cathy Come Home, My Name is Joe, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Sweet Sixteen, Bread and Roses</em>) in his newest film, <em>Looking for Eric</em>.</p>

<p><em>Lovely and Amazing, Friends with Money</em>... <strong>Nicole Holofcener</strong> plays it close to the vest with her titles, like her newest, <em>Please Give</em>. She gives a little away when she joins Elvis.</p>

<p>It's the voice, not just his<strong> </strong>own speaking voice but the way a character sounds that matters to <strong>Michael Caine</strong> (<em>Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Cider House Rules, Alfie, The Dark Knight, Zulu</em>) . His new film is <em>Harry Brown</em>, and he'll discusses sound.</p>

<p>Director <strong>Sylvain White</strong> (<em>Stomp the Yard, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Trois: The Escort</em>) has crossed genres, going from African American romantic thriller, to slasher film, to musical to action-adventure with his newest, <em>The Losers</em>....</p>

<p><strong>Matthew Vaughn</strong> worked as Guy Ritchie's producer before turning to directing. His three movies as filmmaker -- <em>Layer Cake, Stardust</em> and his newest, <em>Kick Ass</em> -- are all adaptations. It's two-fisted inspiration from the printed page.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Who'd guess that you'd find parts of director Shawn Levy's (<em>The Pink Panther, Big Fat Liar</em>) life in movies from <em>Night at the Museum</em> to <em>Cheaper by the Dozen</em> to his newest, <em>Date Night</em>. Make a date to hear about it.</p> <p>Elvis hosts director <strong>Shawn Levy </strong>to talk about his latest film, <em>Date Night</em>, starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell.</p>

<p>From stuntman to director. If it's not a first, it's close. First-time director <strong>Nash Edgerton</strong> (<em>Spider, The Magician, The Pitch</em>, music videos for Missy Higgins, Ben Lee and Bob Marley) talks about his film, <em>The Square</em>. He's gone from taking falls to taking responsibility.</p>

<p>Elvis hosts writer-film critic <strong>Kenneth Turan</strong> to talk about his book <em>Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told.</em></p> <p>With the creation of Shakespeare in the Park and the birth of the public theater Joe Papp was responsible for building an unparalleled nonprofit institution. In the new book <em>Free for All</em>, <strong>Kenneth Turan</strong> (Los Angeles Times, NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em>) charts its course.</p>